# tofloat()...

"John Towell Ph.D." (m50jft1@hayek.cob.niu.edu)
Wed, 31 Jul 1996 10:56:37 PDT

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    check this out:

    ;tofloat(3)
    => 3.0
    ;tofloat(-3)
    => -3.0
    ;tofloat(+3)
    Line 1:  syntax error
    1 error.

    Note - works as string:
    ;tofloat("+3")
    => 3.0

    Ciao :)
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